Concept Mapping: How Visual Connections Can Improve Learning

If you’ve never used concept mapping in your courses, you are overlooking one of the best ways to boost understanding and improve learning.

By linking a set of ideas visually and explaining the connections, thereby mirroring the process of thinking and learning, concept maps provide a powerful way to help students see the relationships between concepts.

By mirroring the process of thinking and learning, concept maps provide a powerful way to help students see the relationships between important concepts. This is especially helpful for visual learners.

In Concept Mapping: How Visual Connections Can Improve Learning, Dr. Alice Cassidy will introduce the strategy of concept mapping and explain how it can be used to help students learn in dynamic, authentic and active ways.

Whether you are familiar with concept mapping or completely new to this idea, you will discover fresh methods for diversifying the learning opportunities in your classes.

In this seminar you will learn:

How to use concept mapping in your courses

Step-by-step instructions to create a concept map

Multiple ways to use concept maps to increase active learning

Different styles of maps: trees, spokes, center-focus, and visual metaphor